Natural History Wanderings

Anza- Borrego Desert Natural History Association has a new post today:

Parts of the Jasper Trail are showing carpets of Goldfields, and lots of wild cucumber in bloom. Phacelia and Baby Blue Eyes were clumped in spots, and Fiddlenecks were here and there along the road. One vista was dotted with Yucca blossoms. There were nine spikes in flower on just one group of plants. It was wonderful to see so much new life in the burned areas.

Travel along the Grapevine Trail showed spots of Monkeyflower blooms, and a variety of cactus blooms. Spikes were up on some agave, but no blooms open yet on those. Sugarbush/lemonade berry was blooming near Stuart Spring.

Whispering bells and phacelia were blooming at Angelina Springs. Apricot mallow was just starting to bloom. Hedgehog cacti had nice buds, but few were in bloom yet there.

See photos and all of their reports at: Anza-Borrego Wildflowers Spring – Fall 2013.